A non-profit, educational organization
dedicated to gathering, processing and preserving genealogical
material by promoting interest in genealogy.
SWLGS,
organized in 1973 with 44 members, now has a membership of over
400. SWLGS was incorporated in 1991. The Society does not
maintain an office and all work is done by volunteers. The Society
maintains an index and family charts of its members at the
Southwest Louisiana Genealogy Library, 411 Pujo St., Lake
Charles, LA.. This surname index to the family charts is available online with information on how to obtain copies of the family charts.
SWLGS holds
its regular meetings on the 3rd Saturday of January, March, May,
September, and November at 10:00 a.m. in the Carnegie Meeting Room of the Southwest Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Library located at 411 Pujo St. in Lake Charles, LA.
Programs include a variety of topics to instruct and interest
genealogists.
KINFOLKS, the quarterly publication of SWLGS, Inc. has the following articles which may be of interest to you in our latest issue (Vol 23 # 2). Single issues can be ordered from the society for $4.00 each.
Socitey News
SWLGS Members' E-Mail Addresses
Calendar of Events/Society Library
Writing Your Personal History
WWII Casualties - Allen & Beauregard Parishes
From Our Members
Franco-American Connection
Early Louisiana Life
Historic Events Affecting Westward Migration
Transportation and Travel
Mississippi Steam Palaces in 1843
Logging Ghost Towns of Imperial Calcasieu
Burleson Cemetery, Lake Charles, LA
Lake Charles News Items
Andrus Family Notes
Information from Exchanges
Queries
Book Reviews
Chart - Elizabeth Fetner
Index
1999 Officers, Kinfolk Staff & Patrons
Society News/Society Library Additions
Calendar of Events
January "Show and Tell" Program
November Program
Confederates in Mexico
Immigration/Emigration/Migration
Newton, La
Natali Memoirs
From Our Readers
Early Southwest Louisiana Cattle Brands
Catholic Cemetery, Lake Charles, La
World War II Memories
Red Cross Prisoner Camps of WWII
German Prisoner Camps of WWII
The Gulf Coast & the U-Boat Menance
Haskell House Letter & Article
Lake Charles News Items
Calcasieu Parish "Firsts"
How to Write a Better Query
Information from Exchanges
Queries
Bookd Reviews
Charts - Bess O'Neale and Emma Mae Weeks
Index
1999 Officers, Kinfolks Staff & Patrons
Society News/Society Library Additions
25th Anniversary of SWLGS
Kinfolks - First Year (1977)
Ex-Confederates in Mexico and South
America
My Father, James Marshall McArthur
From Our Members
The Mayflower Pilgrims
DeRidder Baptist Church, 1919
The Odd Catholic Cemetery, Lake Charles,
LA
Frances Broussard Foreman
The Unsung Opelousas Trail - Cattle
Tracks
Ancient Louisiana Trails Still in Use
Old Calcasieu Parish Obituaries
Lindsey Cemetery, Dry Creek, La
Claude Guidry and his Descendants
Old Opelousas Laws
History of Topsy, LA
Information from Exchanges
Queries
Book Reviews
Ancestor Chart - Glenn Gay
Index
1998 Officers, Kinfolks Staff and
Patrons
KINFOLKS - Vol 22 #3 - Table of Contents
Society News
Calender of Events/ Society Library
Additions
The Becnel Photographs
MAy Meeting - Rev. Hebert
Witches in the Family
Interesting Ancestor - Peter Joseph
Paggeot
Gaspard (Picard)
Hagar Cemetery, Ragley, LA
From Our Readers
Doirons from Novia Scotia to LA
Why Wasn't America Named for Columbus?
Berryman Holland
Ragley, LA
Abstract #16476 - Hodges & 7th St. ,
LC
News Items from The American
Names - Methodist Episcopal Church -
1859
Sessions of Court of Appeals, 1896
Collateral Relatives
Information from Exchanges
Queries
Book Reviews
Ancestor Chart - Mearl O'Quinn
Index
1998 Officers, Kinfolks Staff &
Patrons
KINFOLKS - Vol 22 #2 - Table of Contents
Society News
Calender of Events
Louisiana Fairy Tales
Society Library Additions
Breaux Family
Hardy Coward Probate
Jannet Glendinning Dairy
National Cemeteries, Pensions, Addresses
Ghost Towns - Shellbank & Radford
Perkins Cemetery Update
Last Will of Josiah Gayle, Sr.
Extract from Baptismal/Marriage Register
Land Abstract - Benjamin Bilbo
George Washington O'Brien
Lake Charles Reminiscences
Imperial Calcasieu Parish Towns/Villages
1870 Cameron Parish Census Names
Sheriffs of Calcasieu Parish
Information from Exchanges
Queries
Book Reviews
Chart - Jan Craven
Index
1998 Officers, Kinfolk Staff &
Patrons
KINFOLKS - Vol 22 #1 - Table of Contents
Society News
Calendar of Events
November Program - Anna Hayes
Land Records - Betty Zeigler
Abstract - Gayle Salter
List of CD's at the SW LA Gen. &
Hist. Library
January Program - Craven, Becnel, Natali
Congres Mondial - Update
Towns of Old Imperial Calcasieu Parish -
Ararat
SWLGS Projects & Services
Spanish - America War
The Year of 1898
Spanish - American War Company Muster
Roll
LeBlanc Family
Ritchie Cemetery, Moss Bluff, LA
Old Lake Charles, A Frontier Town
Information from Exchanges
Queries
Book Reviews
Chart - Thelma Morgan
Index
1998 Officers, Kinfolk Staff &
Patrons
The Southwest Louisiana Genealogical Society, Inc. welcomes all who are interested in genealogy. Its objectives are to encourage and assist its members in genealogical research, and to gather, process and preserve genealogical material.
Society items for sale are:
Ancestor Charts, Vol. I - $21.95
Ancestor Charts, & TABLES, Vol. II - $21.95
Ancestor Charts, & TABLES, Vol. III - $25.00
Ancestor Charts, & TABLES, Vol. IV - $25.00
Ancestor Charts, & TABLES, Vol. V - $25.00
Civil War Veterans Of Old Imperial Calcasieu Parish. LA (Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jeff Davis Parishes) - $40.00
KINFOLKS Subject Index Vol #1 - Vol. 1 (1977) to Vol. 18 (1994) - $5.00 Prices include postage.
KINFOLKS Subject Index Vol #2 - Vol.19 (1995) to Vol. 22 (1999) - $5.00 Prices include postage.
Back issues of KINFOLKS are available. Contact SWLGS for prices.
Correspondence and dues should be sent to SWLGS, PO Box 5652, Lake Charles, LA 70606-5652, or contact Pat Huffaker